Coastal Bend airports

Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Self-service fuel tanks, built in 2008, are among the upgrades the county has made in the past 10 years at the McCampbell-Porter Airport in San Patricio County. The county plans to spend a $1.1 million grant to add 15 more hangars to their already full airport.

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Rachel Denny Clow/Caller-Times Plans to upgrade the Nueces County Airport in Robstown include building additional hangars, runways and taxiways.

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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times A new set of private hangars, a museum, and a commercial hangar are all in the works at the McCampbell-Porter Airport in San Patricio County.

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Rachel Denny Clow/Caller-Times Plans to upgrade the Nueces County Airport in Robstown include building additional hangars, runways and taxiways.

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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Justin Hintz, general manager of the airport management company Skye FBO, shows the visitors lounge inside of the terminal Thursday at the McCampbell-Porter Airport in San Patricio County. County Commissioner Jim Price said the airport management company has helped the airport grow since it took over in January 2012.

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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times San Patricio County officials plan to spend a $1.1 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Transportation to add 15 more hangars at the McCampbell-Porter Airport in Aransas Pass.

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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times County Commissioner Jim Price closes the electric bi-fold door on his T-hangar Thursday where he houses his Cessna 210 at the McCampbell-Porter Airport in San Patricio County. The county plans to spend a $1.1 million grant to add 15 more hangars to its already full airport.

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Rachel Denny Clow/Caller-Times Plans to upgrade the Nueces County Airport in Robstown include building additional hangars, runways and taxiways.

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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Justin Hintz, general manager of the airport management company Skye FBO, wheels out the fuel tank for the smaller, piston-based airplanes next to a jet fuel tanker Thursday at the McCampbell-Porter Airport in San Patricio County. County Commissioner Jim Price said the airport management company has helped the airport grow since it took over in January 2012.

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Rachel Denny Clow/Caller-Times A plane takes off from Nueces County Airport in Robstown on Thursday. The airport has plans to build hangars, runways and taxiways.

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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times A courtesy vehicle is among the amenities offered to pilots at the McCampbell-Porter Airport in San Patricio County.

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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Computer stations, showers and other amenities are available for pilots in the terminal at the McCampbell-Porter Airport in San Patricio County. The county plans to spend a $1.1 million grant to add 15 more hangars to its already full airport.